Chris Kameir

Past

EVP, VP International Strategy at Nikotel Inc
General Manager, VP International Business Development at Buddyphone GmbH
EVP & General Counsel at Nikoma MediaWorks AG

Director Business Development at Bertelsmann
Project Manager at Bertelsmann
Information Systems Manager (Part Time) at University of Bielefeld

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Education

University of California, San Diego
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Universität Bielefeld

Neuro-Linguistic Training Center

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Chris Kameir’s Summary

Executive with more than a decade of international experience within the Internet, Consumer Marketing, Telecommunication, and Software industries. Career includes key positions as Product Manager, VP of Operations and CEO with worldwide market leaders as well as successful start-ups. Experienced in IPO preparations and managing mergers and acquisitions in the $1 to $400 Million range. Skilled in all areas of executive management, including developing operations throughout Europe, South America and the US, designing innovative services and expanding into new industries and markets. Highly personable and capable of working with other executives, Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists and corporate controlled boards. Author of dozens of Software, Internet and Marketing related articles, multilingual and multicultural experience; fluent in English and German.

Chris Kameir’s Specialties:

• Building International Distribution Networks
• Raising Capital from Angels and VCs
• Product Management
• Strategic Planning / Business Models
• Leadership and presentation skills
• Growth Strategies
• Product Commercialization
• Broad Technical Understanding of Hard- and Software, including:
Voicer over IP, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, XML, Wireless Technologies

Chris Kameir’s Experience

EVP, VP International Strategy

Nikotel Inc

(Telecommunications industry)

October 2000 — April 2004 (3 years 7 months)

Nikotel is a global cutting edge software and telecommunication company selling services based on Voice over IP (VoIP). It is the worldwide price leader for terminating voice traffic into the US.
• Established network of 750 partners and agents in 63 countries for successful distribution of services.
• Managed five legal entities with a total of 160 employees in three countries.
• Presented company vision and structure to VCs and private investors.
• Negotiated and directed contracts and partnerships with worldwide carriers
• Developed US and South American business models through the evaluation of the US and Brazilian Internet and VoIP market.
• Established product requirements for both software and hardware solutions
• Lead company developments from idea to user-friendly products.
General Manager, VP International Business Development

Buddyphone GmbH

(Internet industry)

March 2000 — September 2000 (7 months)

Buddyphone was the most popular Voice over IP soft-phone solution of 1999 (see http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55523133.html) with an international user base of over 3.6 Million.

• Established International Partnerships
• Raised Capital from VCs
• Lead Product Commercialization Strategy
EVP & General Counsel

Nikoma MediaWorks AG

(Public Company; TIS; Telecommunications industry)

April 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 11 months)

Nikoma one of the leading Internet Service Providers in Germany with more than 300,000 customers is today part of Europe’s leading Internet provider Tiscali, offering Internet access in 14 European countries and South Africa and counting more then 7 million subscribers.
• Raised $7 Million in Venture Capital from US and European investors
• Managed legal structure of company group; managed and directed external lawyers and consultants.

• Prepared IPO including realization of all associated legal and economical controls by leading outside sources.
• Managed due diligence teams.
• Key member of negotiation team, responsible for selling the company for $360 million to Europe’s largest ISP.
Director Business Development

Bertelsmann

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

June 1996 — March 1998 (1 year 10 months)

As part of the Bertelsmann group with more than 600 companies in 63 countries and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, Bertelsmann MediaSystems – now Arvato Systems - combines all Internet and Telecommunication services of the Bertelsmann group, including Lycos Europe, Napster.
• Negotiated and drafted service, partner, interconnection and other contracts.
• Built infrastructure for innovative Voice over IP and Unified Messaging Service.
• Formed team with CEO to develop cutting edge services (Videoconferencing, Chat Rooms, Voice to Mail, Fax to Mail).
Project Manager

Bertelsmann

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Publishing industry)

April 1994 — May 1996 (2 years 2 months)

BSG employs more then 11,000 people at over 30 locations within and outside of Germany. The services span business sectors like data management, production, distribution, customer care/bonus systems, finance services and e-commerce.

• Optimized work-flows in a costumer care center of 750 people
• Conducted workplace analysis
• Established 1st Online Employee Suggestion System
• Led internal Total Quality Management (TQM) Team
• Realized yearly savings of $3.8 Million
Information Systems Manager (Part Time)

University of Bielefeld

(Research industry)

July 1990 — February 1993 (2 years 8 months)

Bielefeld University combines classical academic tradition with innovative research and teaching. It was founded as a new type of university in 1969 with the aims of re-establishing the unity between research and teaching advocated by Humboldt, and of opening up the frontiers between the disciplines.
Responsible for organizing the publication of the university calendar for the faculty of linguistic and language studies, using DataPerfect and WordPerfect.

Chris Kameir’s Education

University of California, San Diego

English 2001 — 2002
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Masters of Law , Law , 1994 — 1998

Contributing Member of the Federal Network Agency's

Activities and Societies:

German-American Lawyers' Association
Universität Bielefeld

Literature, Education 1990 — 1993

Lead classes to prepare students from 24 countries for the German language test

Activities and Societies:

Technical Support Member Faculty of Linguistics, responsible for course database creation and print
Neuro-Linguistic Training Center

Certified NLP Master Practitioner , Neuro Linguistic Programming

Continued Studies in Neuro Linguistic Programming